- lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
- fig. overwhelming
- earth-shattering
- in a spectacular mess
Characters
- 翻 (翻): to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- 江 (江): surname Jiang
- 倒 (倒): to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 海 (海): surname Hai
Resources
- Wiktionary: 翻江倒海
- MDBG: 翻江倒海
- Examples with 翻江倒海 on Tatoeba
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